Rachael McLaren

Rachael McLaren performs in "The Evolution Of A Secured Feminine" by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Music Center in Los Angeles on April 8.

Rachael McLaren performs in "The Evolution Of A Secured Feminine" by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Music Center in Los Angeles on April 8. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Rachael McLaren performs in "The Evolution Of A Secured Feminine" by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Music Center in Los Angeles on April 8.